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| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional | |
| 3 | * information regarding copyright ownership. | |
| 4 | * | |
| 5 | * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
| 6 | * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as | |
| 7 | * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of | |
| 8 | * the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
| 9 | * | |
| 10 | * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
| 11 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 12 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
| 13 | * Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
| 14 | * | |
| 15 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
| 16 | * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free | |
| 17 | * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA | |
| 18 | * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. | |
| 19 | */ | |
| 20 | package org.xwiki.observation; | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | import java.util.List; | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role; | |
| 25 | import org.xwiki.observation.event.Event; | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | /** | |
| 28 | * Components wanting to receive Observation {@link Event events} must implement this interface. | |
| 29 | * | |
| 30 | * @version $Id: e892b7f0786dc86deba2a962aeacbcf8a140c6b5 $ | |
| 31 | */ | |
| 32 | @Role | |
| 33 | public interface EventListener | |
| 34 | { | |
| 35 | /** | |
| 36 | * @return the listener's name. It's a free form text identifying this listener instance in a unique manner. This | |
| 37 | * name is used for some operations in {@link ObservationManager}. | |
| 38 | */ | |
| 39 | String getName(); | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | /** | |
| 42 | * @return the list of events this listener is configured to receive. This listener will be automatically registered | |
| 43 | * with this list of events against the {@link ObservationManager}. When an event occurs, for each matching | |
| 44 | * event in this list, the {@link #onEvent(Event, Object, Object)} method will be called. | |
| 45 | */ | |
| 46 | List<Event> getEvents(); | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | /** | |
| 49 | * The {@link org.xwiki.observation.ObservationManager} calls this method when an event matches one of the events | |
| 50 | * for which this listener is registered (see {@link #getEvents()}. | |
| 51 | * | |
| 52 | * @param event the event triggered. Can be used to differentiate different events if your Object supports several | |
| 53 | * events for example. | |
| 54 | * @param source the event source i.e. the object for which the event was triggered. For example this would be the | |
| 55 | * document Object if the event is a document update event. | |
| 56 | * @param data some additional and optional data passed that can be acted on. | |
| 57 | */ | |
| 58 | void onEvent(Event event, Object source, Object data); | |
| 59 | } |